I know nothing of Ubuntu, but on my laptop, I just use xrandr bound to a hotkey to do this, and it Just Works(TM) perfectly. I really don't see what the problem is, this isn't 1999 anymore.

They do. It's called the Android Development Phone. Buy one of those, and you have root right out of the box.

What's the preferred 1-wire interface on Linux these days? I used to use owfs, but it's been a few years since I did anything like this.

Years ago, I'd have argued with you here. I've read (and own) all of Niven's "Known Space" works, I started reading and collecting them when I was 14-15.

I just went back and read a few, and read the new "Draco Tavern" collection. Still haven't read any of Niven's work-with-others, but now that I'm older... yeah. There's a ton of FAR better work out there than Niven-alone has ever put out.

Sorta like a childhood memory that just isn't so great to relive when you're an adult. Oh well.

As if looking at the physical packaging tells you everything. You have to remember that "one CPU" does not mean "one chip" - it could mean there are many physical chips, DSP, radio bits, etc. And some of the "multiple-chip" phones do the baseband processor and application processor on a single chip.

The point is, does the processor that runs the user interface also implement the GSM protocol? You'll find that most phones (again, other than the batch of modern smartphones (iPhone, Android, etc)) do this in a single processor.

I imagine using the same die would be cheaper than using a second chip, but surely you don't think it'd have no cost at all?

Incorrect, there are many phones on the market that you are able to reflash the baseband code. Believing that anything like this is impervious to hacking is just naïeve.

That $99 is still something I shouldn't have to pay to work on apps for *my own device*.

I've got some 1905FP's also, and they're great. But all of the new stuff we're buying lately have the viewing angle problem, some WAY worse than others.

My company does visual effects too, so the color-shifting effect is really frustrating for the artists.

Actually, they feel a lot like walking barefoot. The soles give you enough protection so you can step on glass and not get cut, but you really feel the ground well. I've got some, and I love them, they fit great.

Make sure you try before you buy, they don't fit everyone.

7 hour standby? No, that's bullshit. I've gone several days without charging mine. I generally charge it overnight, but when I forget, it still works the next day.

I've got an eeebox b202, which is supposed to be basically a eeepc 1000HA or something. Anyways, everything works, except I can't get hardware acceleration and OpenGL working with the Intel 954GMA display chip. Nothing I've found on the 'net makes it work properly. I suspect it's just too new for the drivers to have properly caught up.

I'm using Gentoo, which I use on all of my machines.

Keanu Reeves as John Constantine? WTF were they thinking?

> The Camel Book is a Must Have. And Must Read.

Eh, all the information is available via perldoc. I have the book, but haven't looked at it in probably 9 years. I might have thrown it out even.